Common hepatic artery

{{Short description|Artery}}

{{Infobox artery

| Name = Common hepatic artery

| Latin = arteria hepatica communis

| Image = Gray532.png

| Caption = Branches of the celiac artery - stomach in situ. (Hepatic artery is visible at upper left.)

| Image2 = 3D rendered CT of abdominal aortic branches and kidneys.svg

| Caption2 = 3D-rendered computed tomography, showing common hepatic artery in center

| BranchFrom = Celiac artery

| BranchTo = Hepatic artery proper
gastroduodenal artery

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The common hepatic artery is a short blood vessel that supplies oxygenated blood to the liver, pylorus of the stomach, duodenum, pancreas, and gallbladder.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

It arises from the celiac artery{{Cite web |title=Common hepatic artery |url=https://www.kenhub.com/en/library/anatomy/common-hepatic-artery |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=Kenhub |language=en}} and has the following branches:{{Cite web |last=D'Souza |first=Donna |title=Common hepatic artery {{!}} Radiology Reference Article {{!}} Radiopaedia.org |url=https://radiopaedia.org/articles/common-hepatic-artery |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=Radiopaedia |language=en-US}}

class="wikitable" ! Branch !! Details
hepatic artery proper	supplies the gallbladder via the cystic artery and the liver via the left and right hepatic arteries
gastroduodenal artery	branches into the right gastroepiploic artery and superior pancreaticoduodenal artery
| right gastric artery	branches to supply the lesser curvature of the stomach inferiorly